Population Health Using a Community Lens
INTRODUCTION
Week 5: At a Glance: Population Health Nursing-Winter 2024
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Welcome to Module 4! You have made it to the halfway point in this course.
Prior to building strong and effective community strategies, the needs of those communities need to be fully understood. Understanding specific facets of a community's physical, social, and economic character can guide nurses in knowing where to focus their advocacy efforts and identify healthcare service gaps.
The windshield survey assessment tool is like that of the physical head-to-toe evaluation. In a traditional sense, the "windshield" survey is a process that entails evaluating a community from a car; but this process can be achieved in other ways, such as walking or researching a community from the internet.
There are many ways that well-informed nurses can advocate for various population groups. Use of evidence-based health promotion and disease prevention interventions within communities framed in social and behavioral science theory are some of those ways that we will explore in this module.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS MODULE?
Module 4, Advocacy Strategies, is a 1-week module and Week 5 of the course. In this module, you will conduct a windshield/walking survey of your own community and share your findings with your classmates. Additionally, you will investigate further about your chosen population from Module 1 to focus on health interventions.
What do I have to do?
Review the Learning Resources.
Discussion: Exploratory: Community Nursing
Windshield Survey
When do i have to do it?
Days 1-7, Week 5
Post by Day 3 of Week 5 and respond to your colleagues by Day 7 of Week 5.
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Week 5: At a Glance: Population Health Nursing-Winter 2024
Assignment: Population Health Using a Community Lens
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
Submit your Assignment by Day 7 of Week 5.
Analyze a population using a community assessment tool
Apply evidence-based community interventions for a target population
- Describe the impact of social, compassion, and culture sensitivity on interventions Analyze the connection between interventions and health promotion and/or disease prevention theories or models
- Identify gaps in healthcare service for a target population
Identify community resources to resolve population health needs
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Week 4: Assignment
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OP-ED COMMENTARY: NURSES' VITAL
ROLE IN CLIMATE CHANGE RELATED DISASTERS
Nurses are leaders in communicating public health information in communities. Natural disasters due to climate change have increased fivefold in the past 50 years. Storms, fires, floods, tornados, earthquakes, and hurricanes severely impact the health of populations.
In this Assignment, you will compose an op-ed for your local newspaper about the impact of climate change in your community. You will discuss how nurses such as yourself can protect and improve the lives of populations-especially vulnerable populations-from the impacts of climate change.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
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To prepare:
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- Review the Learning Resources for this module, focusing specifically on The Washington Post resource.
- Download the Op-Ed Commentary Writing Template
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The Assignment (2 pages)
Op-ed commentaries are written by external contributors ("experts") who present a well-defined point of view on new, current, or controversial topics. In this instance, you are the nurse expert and are tasked with highlighting the impact of climate change in your local community newspaper.
In your 2-page article, using at least one current scholarly reference, include the following:
- Introduce yourself and your excellent nursing education and experience.
- Describe the impact of climate change on the environment, i.e., air pollution, temperature, and precipitation extremes, etc. How are ecosystems interdependent?
- Discuss the impact of climate change on populations, i.e., increased communicable and infectious diseases and water/vector-borne pathogens.
Provide an example of how nurses implement infection control measures, including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
- How is the impact of climate-related disasters relevant to your local community and its vulnerable populations, such as elderly, pregnant, and pediatric populations, for example?
- Is your community's system-level disaster response plan effective? Why or why not? (You can find information about your community's disaster plans on city and government websites for your specific community.)
- Conclude by expressing the value of nurses in addressing climate change and your personal commitment to your local community (called a "kicker" in op-eds).
BY DAY 7 OF WEEK 4
Submit your Assignment.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Before submitting your final assignment, you can check your draft for authenticity. To check your draft, access the Turnitin Drafts from the Start Here area.
1. To submit your completed assignment, save your Assignment as
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3. Next, click on Upload File and select Submit Assignment for review.
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NURS_4212_Week4_Assignment_Rubric
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Criteria
Introduces self
and nursing
experience
Describes the
impact of climate
change, specifically how ecosystems are interdependent
Discusses the
impact of climate
change on populations, with an example of
how nurses implement
infection control
measures, such
as PPE
Analyzes the impact of climate
change on
communities and
20 to >16.0 pts
Mastered Expectations
The response comprehensively and clearly introduces the author and experience. The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully support the identification and
introduction.
20 to >16.0 pts Mastered Expectations
The response comprehensively and clearly describes the impact of climate change. The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully support the description.
20 to >16.0 pts Mastered Expectations
The response comprehensively and clearly discusses the impact of climate change on populations. The response includes a relevant, specific, and appropriate example of how nurses
implement infection control
measures, such as PPE, that fully supports the discussion.
20 to >16.0 pts
Mastered Expectations
The response comprehensively and
clearly analyzes the impact
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Ratings
16 to >14.5 pts
Achieved Expectations
The response introduces the author and
experience. The
response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that support the
identification and
introduction.
16 to >14.5 pts Achieved Expectations
The response describes the impact of climate change. The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that support the description.
16 to >14.5 pts Achieved Expectations The response discusses the impact of climate change on populations. The response includes a relevant, specific, and appropriate example of how nurses implement infection control
measures, such as PPE, that supports the discussion.
16 to >14.5 pts Achieved Expectations
The response analyzes the impact of climate change on communities
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Does Not Meet Expectations
The response inaccurately
and vaguely introduces
the author and experience,
or it is missing. The
response includes inaccurate and vague
examples that do not
support the identification and introduction, or it is missing>0 pts Does Not Meet
Expectations
The response inaccurately and vaguely describes the impact of climate change, or it is missing. The response includes inaccurate and vague
examples that do not
support the description, or it is missing.
14.5 to >0 pts Does Not Meet
Expectations
The response inaccurately and vaguely discusses the impact of climate change on populations, or it is missing. The response includes an inaccurate and vague example of how nurses implement infection control
measures, such as PPE, that does not support the discussion, or it is
missing>0 pts Does Not Meet
Expectations
The response inaccurately and vaguely analyzes the
Pts
20 pts
20 pts
20 pts
20 pts
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Criteria
vulnerable
populations
Analyzes the
effectiveness of a
specific
community's
system-level
response plan.
Expresses the
value of nurses in addressing
climate change and personal
commitment to
local community
Professional
writing: Context,
organization, audience,
purpose, tone,
style, clarity, flow
of climate change on communities and vulnerable populations. The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully support the
analysis.
20 to >16.0 pts Mastered Expectations The response comprehensively and clearly analyzes the
effectiveness of a
community's system-level response plan. The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully support the analysis.
20 to >16.0 pts Mastered Expectations The response comprehensively and clearly analyzes the value of nurses in addressing climate change. The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully support the analysis.
10 to >7.33 pts Mastered Expectations
Demonstrates full
awareness of writing
context, audience, and purpose Content is generally clear, logical, and well organized, with appropriate sentence
and paragraph structure. Tone is highly
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Ratings
and vulnerable
populations. The
response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that support the analysis.
16 to >14.5 pts Achieved Expectations
The response analyzes the effectiveness of a
community's system- level response plan. The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that support the analysis.
16 to >14.5 pts Achieved Expectations The response analyzes the value of nurses in addressing climate change. The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that support the analysis.
7.33 to >6.0 pts
Achieved Expectations
Demonstrates some awareness of writing context, audience, and purpose Content is mostly clear, logical, and well organized, with adequate sentence and paragraph structure. Tone is adequately
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impact of climate change on communities and
vulnerable populations, or it is missing. The response includes inaccurate and vague examples that do not support the analysis, or it is missing. 14.5 to >0 pts Does Not Meet Expectations
The response inaccurately and vaguely analyzes the effectiveness of a
community's system-level response plan, or it is missing. The response includes inaccurate and
vague examples that do not support the discussion, or it is missing.
14.5 to >0 pts
Does Not Meet Expectations
The response inaccurately and vaguely analyzes the value of nurses in
addressing climate change, or it is missing. The response includes inaccurate and vague
Pts
20 pts
20 pts
examples that do not
support the analysis, or it
6 tisipating.
10 pts
Does Not Meet
Expectations
Demonstrates minimal
awareness of writing context, audience, and purpose Content lacks clarity, logic, and/or discernible
organization; the content does not use proper sentence and paragraph
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Criteria
Professional
writing:
Originality,
source credibility,
and attribution of
ideas
professional, scholarly,
and free of bias. Style is consistently appropriate for a professional setting/workplace context. Mostly free of spelling, punctuation, and grammar/syntax
errors
10 to >7.33 pts Mastered Expectations Content fully reflects original writing and
proper paraphrasing. Writing demonstrates full adherence to reference
requirements, including the use of credible evidence to support a claim, with appropriate citations and references
in APA format.
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Ratings
professional, scholarly, and/or free of bias. Style is mostly appropriate for a professional setting/workplace
context. Contains a few
spelling, punctuation, and/or grammar/syntax
errors
7.33 to >6.0 pts Achieved Expectations
Content adequately reflects original writing and paraphrasing. Writing demonstrates adequate adherence to reference
requirements, including the use of credible evidence to
support a claim, with
appropriate citations and references in APA format.
There are a few minor APA formatting errors.
structure. Tone is not
professional/scholarly and/or contains bias. Style is
inconsistent with a
professional
setting/workplace context. Contains significant spelling,
punctuation, and/or grammar/syntax errors
6 to >0 pts
Does Not Meet Expectations
Content does not reflect
original writing and/or paraphrasing. Writing demonstrates minimal or
no adherence to
reference requirements, including the use of
credible evidence to
support a claim, with
appropriate citations and references in APA format.
There are numerous APA formatting errors.
Pts
10 pts
Total Points: 140
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Assignment: Op-Ed Commentary: Nurses' Vital Role in Climate Change Related
Disasters
Student Name Here
Program Name or Degree Name, Walden University
Course Number, Section, and Title
(Example: NURS 0000 Section 01, Title of Course)
Instructor Name
Month, Day, Year
(Enter the date submitted to Instructor.)
(Instructions below for your reference, please delete before constructing your article.)
In your 2-page article, using at least one current scholarly reference, include the following:
Introduce yourself and your excellent nursing education and experience.
Describe the impact of climate change on the environment, i.e., air pollution, temperature, and precipitation extremes, etc. How are ecosystems interdependent?
Discuss the impact of climate change on populations, i.e., increased communicable and infectious diseases and water/vector-borne pathogens. Provide an example of how nurses implement infection control measures, including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
How is the impact of climate-related disasters relevant to your local community and its vulnerable populations, such as elderly, pregnant, and pediatric populations, for example? Is your community's system-level disaster response plan effective? Why or why not? (You can find information about your community's disaster plans on city and government websites for your specific community.)
Conclude by expressing the value of nurses in addressing climate change and your personal commitment to your local community (called a "kicker" in op-eds).
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